Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-08
LECTURE ON FERTILIZERS.
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TO bs discussed 81 the Neat Meeting.
Tho March meeting Of the Lancaster Coun.
" Agricultural and horticultural society |
Wss held In the Y. NJ. Q. A. hall, this city,
Monday afternoon, President Lands In the
chair.
The secretary being absent John @. Rush,
Of West Willow, WAS appointed secretary
FRO tenn.
The following named members were
present: John II. Landis, president Nil.
lersville Casper Hitler, Conestoga; Abram
II. SUNNY, Marietta; r. r. DiHenderfisr,
city; J. NJ. Johnston, city; Hon. J. W.
Hickman, Chester county; Hon. Thos. ].
Edge secretary state board Of agriculture
H. NJ. Engle, Marietta; b K. Andrews,
Providence John warder, Eden; J. Hart.
man Hershey, B. B. Hiestand, John IL
Warfel, John Woven, Rev. FL NicodemuA,
Rohrerstown John @. Rush, Willow Street
jacob McAilister, Pequss; Abraham stive.
ly, ColerAin; johnson Miller, warwick;
Simon X. Nissley, Florin; W. II. Brosius,
Drumore; Daniel Herr; Henry Snyder,
Manor james Wood, Little Britain Iarael
L. Lands, Mannheim !; 8. p. Eby, city Wash.
L. Hershey, Chickies Henry G. Rush, Yves,
Willow Harry NJ. Mayer, West Hemrae'd {;
Charles Rhodes, Safe Harbor; John Brsck.
bill, Strasburg Hugh r. Fulton, city DIR.
J. p. wickersham, city Joseph c. Walker,
0sp; John B. Keudig, Willow Street J. h.
E Rudy, city NJ. D. Kendig, CreswelI; A.
Webster L. Hershey, Lsndisville.
Jscob McAllister, Psquea, was proposed
for membership and elected.
CROP RHpopra
Henry NJ. Engle reported the wheat GOV.
cred with snow; before IL was covered 1t
looked we'll. The fruit trees have not been
| injured by the frost The young clover that
has been pastured looked well before the
snow covered It The rainfall for January
was Ills inches tor February l.lo
inches.
johnson Miller, Warwick, said the wheat
looked bad In his neighborhood he thought
| the crop would fall short OF the crops grown
for the two preceding years.
James Wood, Little Britain, said that the
late planted wheat In his neighborhood had
hardly sprouted from the ground when tie
winter set In, and 1t was too early yet to pre-
dict what the crop would be
Casper Hitler read abort essay on nut cul
ture In the course Of which be dwelt on the
importance Of this industry and the neglec
1t had received at the hands Of farmers OWNS
to the supposed difficulty OF grating. II,
stated that there was some difficulty in graft
Ing the walnut and shellbsrk, but there va
no more difficulty in grating the chestnu
than the apple or cherry tree. He called at
tenticn to . shellbsrk tree near Lsmpete
Square and . walnut tree near Conestog
Centre that bore wonderfully fine nuts, ant
he thought farmers ought to procure sraft
n N YfYyY1 kaA md fPxy 10
HNler showed two specimens OF ches.nuts Q
the Japanese variety they are larger but nc
- good - the native variety, but are bette
than the Spanish.
Mr.. Eugle regarded our native chestnut q
, the best Of nuts; the Japan tree probabl
| will not hear here - well - in Japan, nor
| the tree % vigorous - our own. Nut cultul
. | 10 being given more attention now than TO
merly and considering the ease with whic
D the chestnut IL grated he thought II Inc,
I cusable on the part of farmers not to ha,
a good chestnut orcharda
a In answer to question asked BY SecretaI
h Edge, Of the State Agricultural society, M
@ Hitler said that he had grown the Engli.
. walnut very successfully on the uplands, b1
|. the trees f,ozs out Ia the lowlands, when Il
J. mercury fell TO 10 degrees below zero. Al
4 other trouble with these trees Is that the ma
a blossom opeus before the female blossom
a ready TO receive the pollen.
4 ANrI.DIscRIMINATIoN.
i johnson Miller offered q pream BILE and res
!. luton calling upon our state senators and q
d semblymen to vote for the passage OF Ia
u that would prevent railroads from using u
!. Just discrimination in their freight rates.
VIM. Il Broaius hoped no resol utiou wou
pass this body thst would In any way hal
j per our representatives., who at this tin
. have before them two or three proposed &C
J. Of assembly In regard to this matter.
Joseph F. Wilmer said he would rsth
trust the railroads than the politicians In Il
adjustment Of the matter.
Secretary Edge said the matter OF freigl
3 discrimination was one that belonge
, rather to Congress than to state legisl
!. | turea
Q On motion Of Calvin Cooper Mr.. Miller
{ resolutions were Withdrawn with u
}. understanding that they be discussed at Il
= April meeting.
: ! LECTURE on COMMERCIAL FERTILyzER
Hon. John W. Hickman, chairman Of 4
House committee on agriculture, was intr
|. | duced and delivered an interesting lectu
d on the value OF commercial fertilizers
y manure for wheat, corn, oats and grs
. crops. He illustrated his lecture By showi,
q several charts, the nrsto OF which showed I
It chemical constituents OF wheat, (straw q
!. grain) as follows
. Carbon: :........Gssl These s,s parts q
Hydrcgsa'....'.'...55st derived from air a
| soda.............. o.o91 Total. .. .s06 The o
Q Magnesia .......... 0.20 Ia superab ndAntIy p
N | Sulphur Acid..... o 81 yfded with these &C
!. | ChlOr1ne,. ......... o 0S Istitueuts. which 4.
ierrte O4ioe-......Ooe1 quite necessary to q
10 | enfcs.............. 273J TO II.
!, | Nitrogen. ..........I6)1 Total, 500 These I
a | Phosphortc ACID. ..0S soil possesses only to
Potash ..............066 limited extent, and I
r Lime e..........,....O.49r rded cheney IL suppl
e90s5
a The second chart shown by Mr.. Hiokm
|, represented the growth OF wheat In p,
!, under four different conditions. The q
a pot contained only calcined sand witho
lr any fertilizer. Tho result was very scrub
" growth containing only 90 grains Of whe
q The second crop was fertillzsd with all {
= | above named elements exoept nitrooen